Shade holder



Apr. 24', 1923.

T. EUPHRAT SHADE HOLDER Filed April 15. 1922 INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 24, 1923.,

UNHTED STATES THEOII-IILE EUPHRA'IJ, OF IVIOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK. I

SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed April 13, 1322. Serial No; 552,096.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that THEOPHILE EUPHRAT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of West-- chester and State of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shade holder,

1 adapted for use in connection with any lamp or the like, but more especially useful in connection with the shades of electric lamps purposely released, all by simple manipulation of the shade and the holder itself as a whole relatively to each other, without the necessity or bother of using clamping screws or other elements requiring to be manually actuated.

A still further object is to ,provide a holder for shades the movable element of which can be actuated by means of a shade itself, both when the shade is being clamped in the holder and when the shade is being released therefrom.

lVith the above objects in view, as well as others which will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and meant to in no way limit the spirit of the invention, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts being permissible so long as within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the shade holder, partially in section, showing, in full lines, a shade clamped in the holder, and suggesting, in dotted lines, the manner in which the shade is inserted in or removed from the holder; and

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the holder of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by the numerals and characters of reference indicated thereon, 10 denotes a fixture and 11 denotes a cord by which the same is suspended. This fixture, as shown, is designed to contain, in usual manner, a socket for the reception of an electric light bulb about which the shade may be arranged. It will be apparent, however, that the fixture can be of a difiere'nt nature, the special use for which the fixture is designed and its configuration forming no part of the present invention.

The open end of the fixture is desirably, though not necessarily, of circular conformation, and secured within the fixture, preferably nottoo far distant from its open end, is a spring of suitable construction to perform its purpose. As shown, the

spring is secured by rivets 12 to the fixture,

the midlength of the spring, denoted by 13. being situated between said rivets and extending slightly inwardly of the fixture to serve as a supporting lug for one side of the shade,andJ the end portions of the spring, denoted by 14, beyond the rivets, being of general curved conformation and being spaced from the fixture a greater or less distance to terminate adjacent each other preferably directly opposite the supporting lug and in the same horizontal plane therewith. While different formsof springs may be utilized, I have found by experiment and experience that the arrangement of the end portions of the spring about as disclosed accomplishes the result required in most satisfactory manner. It will be noted that the end portions of the springs adjacent the rivets are contiguous with or close to the fixture, and that the remainder of each end portion is spaced at greater distance from the fixture. The free ends of the springs, denoted by 15, may be flared slightly in a direction away from the supporting lug, as shown. A hole or other indicator 16 in or upon the fixture, for a purpose to be explained, may be situated adjacent the free ends 15.

Reference character A denotes a shade capable of being clamped in or released from the holder, and B denotes the usual or preferred form of bead or flange upon the end of the shade to be received in the holder. I have disclosed, in full lines in Fig. 1, the shade in its attached position. In dotted lines I have suggested the manner in which the shade is inserted or removed.

To insert the shade, the holder is grasped in one hand and the shade in the other. One side of the shade is then situated against the free ends 15 of the spring with the bead B just above said spring ends, the indicator 16 at once showing the position of the spring ends. The fixture and shade are next moved relatively to each other until the spring ends are forced to the dotted line position in Fig. 1. lVhen then the opposite side of the head or flange of the shade is raised just above the supporting lug and the holder and shade are released, the spring ends act to clamp the shade against the supporting lug the bead or flange obviously, resting at one side upon the supporting lug and at the other side upon the spring ends, the major part of each spring end portion snugly engagh the shade. To remove the shade the operations described are reversed.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A holder for a shade, comprising a fixture having an open end, and a spring secured within said end to removably retain. a shade. said spring having an intermediate portion secured to the fixture and disconnected and spaced apart end portions ex tending from said intermediate portion and spaced from the fixture, the intermediate and end portions forming the shade support,

whereby a shade can be inserted in said 40 fixture and manipulated to swing said spring ends apart and toward the fixture when said shade is to be inserted in or removed from. the fixture.

2. A shade holder comprising a fixture having an open end. and a spring arranged within said end to removably retain a shade, said spring including a supporting lug and. end portions the extremities of which terminate adjacent each other and in the horizontal plane of said supporting lug, whereby said spring ends can be swung apart by manipulation of the shade itself to allow said shade to be inserted in or removed from the holder.

A shade holder as described in claim 2, wherein the fixture has an indicator for determining the position of said extremities in said fixture.

A shade holder comprising a fixture, a spring arranged therein to removablv retain a shade, said spring including a portion bent to provide a supporting lug and disconnected end portions spaced from said fixture, and rivets arranged between said supporting lug and end portions securing said spring in said fixture, whereby said di connected end portions can be swung apart by manipulation of the shade itself to allow said shade to be inserted in or removed from the holder.

Signed at Mt. Vernon, in the county of vi estchester, and State of New York, this tenth day of April A. D., 1922.

THEUPHILE EUPHRJJ. 

